OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Systematic Reviews is 34. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Reporting quality evaluation of the stroke clinical practice guidelines: a systematic review	391
Acupuncture methods for insomnia disorder in the elderly: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis	122
Effects of Reiki therapy on quality of life: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	114
Characteristics of interventions that address racism in the United States and opportunities to integrate equity principles: a scoping review	97
Is artificial intelligence for medical professionals serving the patients?	97
Diagnostic accuracy of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	95
Patients’ experiences of mechanical ventilation in intensive care units in low- and lower-middle-income countries: protocol of a systematic review	93
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the safety of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine from randomized controlled trials on malarial and non-malarial conditions	89
Dzherelo (Immunoxel) as adjunctive therapy to standard antituberculosis treatment in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials	81
Preventive interventions to reduce the burden of rheumatic heart disease in populations at risk: a systematic review protocol	63
Graduate and postgraduate educational challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic period: its impact and innovations—a scoping review	61
Lack of systematicity in research prioritisation processes — a scoping review of evidence syntheses	60
Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of mental illness among nursing home residents	60
Screening for hypertension in adults: protocol for evidence reviews to inform a Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guideline update	59
Correction: Do reporting guidelines have an impact? Empirical assessment of changes in reporting before and after the PRISMA extension statement for network meta-analysis	58
Breathing exercises for patients with early-stage lung cancer: a meta-analysis	57
Association between frailty and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing craniotomy—systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	56
Efficacy and safety of acupuncture with moxibustion for knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	55
Publication bias in prevalence studies should not be ignored	53
Text mining to support abstract screening for knowledge syntheses: a semi-automated workflow	52
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for vascular surgery: an evidence map and scoping review	52
Addressing the challenges of reconstructing systematic reviews datasets: a case study and a noisy label filter procedure	51
Lapatinib and lapatinib plus trastuzumab therapy versus trastuzumab therapy for HER2 positive breast cancer patients: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	51
Barriers and facilitators to access mental health services among refugee women in high-income countries: a systematic review	47
Job crafting interventions: what works, for whom, why, and in which contexts? Research protocol for a systematic review with coincidence analysis	45

Where to prospectively register a systematic review	43
Increasing the transparency of systematic reviews: presenting a generalized registration form	42
Ten circumstances and solutions for finding the sample mean and standard deviation for meta-analysis	41
Four kinds of traditional Chinese exercise therapy in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	38
Mind–body therapies and their interplay with the immune system in children and adolescents: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis	37
Oral health effects of non-combustible nicotine products: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis	37
Musculoskeletal disorders and discomfort for female surgeons or surgeons with small hand size when using hand-held surgical instruments: a systematic review	37
The distribution of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among nurses in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review	35
Off-label use of sodium cantharidinate and vitamin B6 injection in cancer: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis	34